[EAS] Kerrville and Ruidoso

[Bob Bunge]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM Barry Mishkind barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
>         a. Yes, the NWS could have - and should have - connected
>with the FEMA and IPAWS.
>             They didn't, and it looks like they will not leave the
>silo in the near future.

Please explain this?  I helped to set up a feed of products from NWS to IPAWS in 2012 and it's still running.
 
> 
>         c. The NWS typically suggests people look at their website
>for information -
>              ... assuming people can find it. And there is power for
>their computers
>              and the Internet.

My 20 something kids likely have not used a computer to look at a website in several years.  

 
>2. Many (most?) of the NWS alerts made it to the WEA networks.

The Flash Flood Emergency that was sent after 1am was configured to trigger WEA.  The prior messages were not.  The WFO can control if a FFW triggers WEA or not.  This was a response to the message flooding issue.

>         c. Like cell phones, an EAS alert at
>             4AM would be mostly useless unless
>             someone was up and listening.

A WEA at 4am is at least somewhat likely to attract someone's attention.  One of the things we learned while developing the NWS WEA messages was that people, especially youth, have a different relationship with their devices then they do with any other object like a TV or radio.  

Bob